(CNN) - It's no secret why Donald Trump doesn't want to do any more debates. Despite his delusions of grandeur, thinking he's done so wonderfully in all of them, the reality is he really hasn't. He's lost his temper, name-called, and in arguably one of the lowest points of primary debate history, referred to his manhood. Not exactly a reincarnation of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Once you get beyond his histrionics at these debates, Trump is exposed for his alarming lack of policy knowledge on a whole host of issues and is unable to explain clearly how he plans to implement the few he does. Lack of substance isn't a new criticism for Trump's campaign, but he's managed to get a pass from voters on it because he's tapped into a vein of voter disgust unlike anyone else.
Trump has flip-flopped on key issues, backtracked on others, even flat out changed his mind on some, but those are pesky details his supporters don't seem to care about. According to Trump, the only thing we need to know is he is the only one who can negotiate "better deals," so we can "win" and "make America great again."
The shtick may work well on the stump, but it doesn't go over as well when he's on a debate stage where he is held accountable for his actions and challenged by his opponents directly. Trump doesn't get to control the narrative up there, and he doesn't like it.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/opinions/trump-at-town-hall-setmayer/index.html?sr=fbCNN032216trump-at-town-hall-setmayer
Yeah, he's so shitty at debating that he's always dead last in the polls :^)
>>68393734
>Internet polls are an infallible measurement of a candidate's debate performance
A fucking leaf..
Maybe, just maybe, Trump didn't want to get caught up in another shitty Fox debate.
The CNN ones and the ABC debate were actually good.
>>68393849
How do you explain the tremendous support shown in the primaries? No come back? Sad!
happened to watch CNN in the break room at work last week. if i recall correctly, the person was saying how he's racist. saying, and not using evidence. just calling him racist.
that's news. 2016. thats news in usa.
>>68393599
Ever since the whole ban muslims thing I have stopped questioning the guy. It seems he knows exactly what hes doing
>>68393599
>(CNN)
Stopped reading right there
>>68394029
>How do you explain the tremendous support shown in the primaries?
The GOP base is retarded, that's how. Trump panders to the lowest common denominator and has built his campaign off grabbing at low-hanging fruit. He knows nothing, and his approach will not work in the general election.
>>68394297
>his approach will not work in the general election.
he's been on TV more then the other candidates so he will definitely win, thats the sad sorry truth of this election
>>68394297
>he attracts the most voters
>because he knows nothing
You're a smart guy, Anonymous. Not!
>>68394297
>He knows nothing, and his approach will not work in the general election.
WEW, lad!
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2016/02/amid_trump_surge_nearly_20000_mass_voters_quit_democratic_party
>>68393599
Modern political debates are a joke. Trump simply exposed them for the joke that they are.
To say what they do on CNN/FOX etc is the modern successor of Lincoln-Douglas is extremely delusional.
TV debates are basically the WWE and have been since the first one in 1960.
>>68393734
Nice bait. That's why he has won every drudge poll for the debates.
>>68394509
Yeah, and in that same time period, more people left the GOP than joined it, so it's a moot point.
>>68394462
>Attracting the lowest common denominator is impressive
Anon, don't be stupid. The people who are voting for Donald Trump are the lowest of the low in our society.
>>68394446
>he's been on TV more then the other candidates so he will definitely win
What a stupid argument.
>>68395418
>drudge poll
look who is baiting now
